India Doubles Rice Sales for Ethanol, Sparking Debate

India is using more rice to make fuel, which is controversial.

The government is allowing more rice from the FCI to be used by ethanol plants.

Rice production has gone up, but critics say using rice for fuel is a bad idea.

The government buys rice at a high price and sells it cheap to ethanol plants, which costs taxpayers money.

The OMCs are required to buy the ethanol at a price set by the government.

It's argued that this may not be the best way to make fuel, and using things like leftover crop parts could be better.